1944 IN FILM

The year '1944 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1944

Serials

Short film series

Animated short film series

Births

Deaths

Events

★ July 20 - ''Since You Went Away'' is released.

★ September 6 - ''Double Indemnity'' is released.

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''Going My Way'', starring Bing Crosby
# ''Meet Me in St. Louis'', starring Judy Garland
# ''Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo''
# ''Hollywood Canteen''
# ''A Guy Named Joe''
# ''The White Cliffs of Dover''

Awards

'Academy Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''Going My Way''' - Paramount
:Best Director: 'Leo McCarey' - ''Going My Way''
:Best Actor: 'Bing Crosby' - ''Going My Way''
:Best Actress: 'Ingrid Bergman' - ''Gaslight''
:Best Supporting Actor: 'Barry Fitzgerald' - ''Going My Way''
:Best Supporting Actress: 'Ethel Barrymore' - ''None but the Lonely Heart''
'Golden Globe Awards:'
:Best Picture: '''Going My Way'''
:Best Director: 'Leo McCarey', ''Going My Way''
:Best Actor: 'Alexander Knox' - ''Wilson''
:Best Actress: 'Ingrid Bergman' - ''Gaslight''

Films released in 1944

★ ''Between Two Worlds''

★ ''A Canterbury Tale'', written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

★ ''Cover Girl''

★ ''Cry of the Werewolf''

★ ''Double Indemnity'', starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson

★ ''The Fighting Seabees''

★ ''Gaslight'', the Hollywood remake, with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer

★ ''Going My Way''

★ ''Henry V'', directed by and starring Laurence Olivier

★ ''Hollywood Canteen'' - (film only mentioned in article)

★ ''House of Frankenstein''

★ ''In Society'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''Ivan the Terrible'', by director Sergei Eisenstein

★ ''The Keys of the Kingdom'', starring Gregory Peck, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, and Roddy McDowall

★ ''Lady, Let's Dance'', ice skating musical starring Belita and comedy ice team Frick & Frack

★ ''Laura''

★ ''Lost in a Harem'', starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

★ ''Meet Me in St. Louis''

★ ''National Velvet''

★ ''None but the Lonely Heart''

★ ''The Return of the Vampire''

★ ''Since You Went Away''

★ ''Thirty Seconds over Tokyo''

★ ''The Way Ahead'', directed by Carol Reed

★ ''The White Cliffs of Dover''

★ ''Wilson'', biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson, starring Charles Coburn

Serials

★ ''Black Arrow''

★ ''Captain America'', starring Dick Purcell

★ ''The Desert Hawk'', starring Gilbert Roland and Charles Middleton

★ ''The Great Alaskan Mystery''

★ ''Haunted Harbor'', starring Kane Richmond

★ ''Mystery of the River Boat''

★ ''Raiders of Ghost City''

★ ''The Tiger Woman'', starring Linda Stirling

★ ''Zorro's Black Whip'', starring Linda Stirling

Short film series

★ ''Our Gang'' (1922-1944)

★ ''The Three Stooges'' (1934-1959)

Animated short film series

★ ''Mickey Mouse'' (1928-1953)

★ ''Looney Tunes'' (1930-1969)

★ ''Terrytoons'' (1930-1964)

★ ''Merrie Melodies'' (1931-1969)

★ ''Scrappy'' (1931-1941)

★ ''Popeye'' (1933-1957)

★ ''Color Rhapsodies'' (1934-1949)

★ ''Donald Duck'' (1934-1956)

★ ''Goofy'' (1939-1955)

★ ''Andy Panda'' (1939-1949)

★ ''Tom and Jerry (MGM)'' (1940-1958)

★ ''Bugs Bunny'' (1940-1962)

★ ''Woody Woodpecker'' (1941-1949)

★ ''Swing Symphonies'' (1941-1945)

★ ''The Fox and the Crow'' (1941-1950)

★ ''Red Hot Riding Hood'' (1943-1949)

★ ''Droopy'' (1943-1958)

★ ''Screwball Squirrel'' (1944-1946)

★ ''Sylvester the Cat'' (1944-1966)

Births

★ January 6 - Bonnie Franklin, actress

★ January 23 - Rutger Hauer, actor

★ February 11 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director

★ April 23 - Sandra Dee, actress

★ May 14 - George Lucas, film director and producer

★ August 8 - Peter Weir, film director

★ November 23 - Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter

Deaths

★ July 20 - Mildred Harris, actress

★ December 13 - Lupe Vélez, actress

★ December 15 - Glenn Miller, musician, actor